Model for one Day

Pallottine Prayers

Daily Cycle

Morning Prayer:

L.	Lord, teach us to pray.
R.	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Invitation to praise God for his love

L.	Let us praise and bless the Lord with all creatures:

Psalm 117 (116)

1	O praise the Lord, all you nations, acclaim him, all you peoples!
2	Strong is his love for us; he is faithful for ever.
1	Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
2	As it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen.

To the most Holy Trinity

L.	Most Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
R.	We adore and thank you for the blessings received throughout our lives, especially for the gift of this day.
L.	Blessed be the one true God, Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
R.	Most Holy Trinity, we offer you, through the hands of Mary Queen of Apostles, our thoughts, words, work and suffering of this day.
L.	We renew our resolve to grow to be perfect in your love, so that our community, united by the love of the Father, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit may be totally committed to the work of the Catholic Apostolate.
R.	We ask you to assist our Pope, John Paul II, and we join with him in prayer for the universal Church, for our Christian brothers and sisters, for those who profess a different faith, for those who do not believe in you and for all the peoples of the world.
L.	We entrust our community to your infinite love: the individual members and their superiors, the communities, regions and provinces.
R.	Watch over bishops, priests, sisters, brothers and all religious families in your Church.
L.	Bless our relatives, friends and benefactors and all who have asked for our prayers.
R.	Through your infinite mercy recall to your love those who have strayed; and grant eternal life in your kingdom to our deceased members and relatives and to all the faithful departed.

Angelus or during the Easter season: Regina Coeli

1	Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
2	As it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen.
1	Angel of God,
2	whom God has appointed my guardian, enlighten, protect, direct and govern me this day. Amen.

Apostolic Prayer of St. Vincent Pallotti

Conclusion

L.	May the Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil. May he keep us faithful in his service.
R.	To Him be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer during the Day:

L.	Lord, we come to adore you.
R.	In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
or:
Introductory Prayer: O Sacred Banquet

Brief pause

Examination

L.	Let us remember that our holy Founder gave us the life of our Lord Jesus Christ as as a fundamental rule so that we might imitate him in our community life and in our apostolate.

Brief pause

Thanksgiving

L.	Eternal Father,
R.	We unite ourselves with Mary, to offer you the Blood of Jesus Christ in thanksgiving, as though you had already granted us the gift of making the hidden and public life of Christ, even to his death on the cross, the model of of our lives, for your glory, and for our salvation and that of our brothers and sisters.

Brief pause

Angelus or during the Easter season: Regina Coeli

1	Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
2	As it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen.
1	Angel of God,
2	whom God has appointed my guardian, enlighten, protect, direct and govern me this day. Amen.

Prayer of St. Vincent Pallotti to Mary, Queen of Apostles
or older translation

Prayer for the dead:

Psalm 130(129) or Psalm 51(50) & Closing Petitions

Evening Prayer

Invocation of the Holy Spirit

Thanksgiving

L.	Let us thank God for all the blessings we have received, especially for the grace of our vocation

Brief pause

Examination of Conscience

L.	Let us examine ourselves on the sins we have committed today in thought, word, deed and omission and let us ask God's forgiveness.

Brief pause

Remembrance of Death

L.	We ask God that we may persevere in his love until death.

Brief pause

Intercessions: Keep us this night, Lord...
or Intercessions: Let us pray for vocations. ...

Prayer for the Community

L.	Most loving Virgin Mary, Mother of mercy, Queen of the angels and saints, our support and our hope.
R.	look with mercy on our community which you have cherished from the beginning.
L.	Guard it now and in the future and bless it with continued growth.
R.	May poverty, chastity and obedience, the spirit of prayer and the sharing of resources, in a spirit of serving with the love of Christ, remain alive in our hearts.
L.	Preserve our Community from all harm, especially from all danger of lukewarmness.
R.	Mary, our support and our hope, obtain these blessings for us from your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer to St. Joseph

L.	Remember us, O Blessed Joseph, and aid us by your powerful intercession with your foster Son.
R.	May your virgin spouse, Mary, the Mother of Christ, be always gracious towards us.

Prayer to St. Vincent Pallotti

L.	Saint Vincent, our holy Founder, you were chosen by God to revive and promote in the Church the universal apostolate.
R.	Intercede for us with God for those inspired by your ideals, especially by your love of God and neighbour, so that they may seek in everything the glory of God, the destruction of sin and the salvation of all.

Blessing

L.	Lord, we beg you to visit this house and banish from it all the deadly power of the enemy. May your holy angels come to keep us in peace, and may your blessing be upon us always. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
R.	Amen.
S.	"God is love and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them." (1 John 4:16). Through the infinite mercy of God, through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles, of our founder, St. Vincent Pallotti, and of all the angels and saints: May the blessing of Almighty God, the Father + and the Son and the Holy Spirit, descend upon us and all our brothers and sisters, and remain with us always.
R.	Amen.

If no priest or deacon is present, this formula of blessing is replaced by the Leader as follows:

L.	"God is love and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them." (1 John 4:16). The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
R.	Amen.

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